FAQ00972 of Rotary Encoders FAQ

What is the difference between single-turn absolute Rotary Encoder and multi-turn absolute Rotary Encoder?

Answer

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Single-turn absolute rotary encoder is absolute position detection within one rotation to which the rotation angle is output in parallel as an absolute numerical value by the code of 2n, the position of the accumulation is not understood when rotating by two rotations or more.